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In 2007-08: Tallied a personal-best time of 10:35.47 in the 3000-meter run at the Auburn Invitational ... Crossed the line in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:59.06 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:52.46 at the Wake Forest Open ... Clocked an indoor personal-best time of 18:56.09 in the 5000m run at the Tiger Invitational ... Finished the mile run with a time of 5:20.45 at the VT Elite meet ... Crossed the line in a personal-best time of 10:42.51 in the 3000m run at the Clemson Invitational.
In 2006-07: Ran an personal-best outdoor time of 18:44.90 in the 5000m competition at the Auburn Tiger Classic ... Clocked a personal-best outdoor time in the 1500m run with a mark of 4:57.83 at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Posted an indoor personal best time of 19:26.17 in the 5000m at the Tiger Invitational ... Tallied a personal-record time of 10:54.82 in the 3000m at the Diet Pepsi Invitational.
In 2005-06: Clocked a season-best time of 19:54.55 in the 5,000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational.
High School: Lettered in track and cross country in four seasons under coach Andrew Hudson ... Elected team captain for cross country and track ... Helped guide team to consecutive 5A state cross country championships in junior and senior seasons ... Earned All-Gwinnett County honors as a junior and senior ... Ran a leg of the record-setting 4x1600-meter relay team ... National Honor Society and French National Honor Society ... Beta club and orchestra member.
Personal: Born Veronica Rose Kinard on Sept. 29, 1986, in Snellville, Ga. ... Parents are Michael and Melissa Kinard ... Older sister, Janet, and brother, Isaac, graduated from Tech ... Janet participated on the Georgia Tech crew club team (1993-97) and sister Rachel participated on Auburn's crew club team (1994-96) ... Enjoys playing the violin and spending time with friends and family ... Majoring in applied mathematics with a minor in French.
| Kinard's Career Top Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | MARK (INDOOR) | MARK (OUTDOOR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3,000 Meters | 10:42.51 | 10:35.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5,000 Meters | 18:56.09 | 18:44.90 | |||||||||||||||||||
